69Power to require production of documents

69 Power to require production of documents (1) An authorised officer may require a person to produce to the officer for inspection a document required to be kept by the person: (a) under this Act; (b) under the Commonwealth Navigation Act; or (c) under the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983 of the Commonwealth. (2) The person must produce the document for inspection, unless he or she has a reasonable excuse. (3) The authorised officer may keep the document to make a copy of it. (4) If the authorised officer makes a copy of the document, or of an entry in the document, the officer may require the person required to keep the document to certify the copy as a true copy of the document or entry.

Marine Pollution Act 1999 43 (5) The person required to keep the document must comply with a requirement made under subsection (4), unless the person has a (6) The authorised officer must return the document to the person as soon as practicable after making the copy.